Jones v. Gordon
New York Supreme Court
Action brought in the Supreme Court to determine title to certain lands on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, and for an injunction. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMarcus, J.
The parties to this action are Seneca Indians residing on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. The title to certain lands on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation is claimed both by the plaintiff and by the defendant Pereival Nephew. Nephew holds a deed of the premises in dispute made by one John Jackett, dated April 22, 1898, which the plaintiff claims is a forgery.
The question of the title to these lands was" tried in 1902 in the Peacemakers’ Court of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in an action brought by Nephew, the defendant, against the plaintiff. A judgment was entered therein in favor…
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